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Predicting Death in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue

Rodolfo MauceriVito Carlo Alberto CaponioLorenzo Lo MuzioMarco MascittiAndrea SantarelliGiuseppe Troiano

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Pathologymedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryTongue squamous cell carcinomaPredicting Death Squamous Cell Carcinoma TongueGold standard (test)TNM staging systemOral cavitystomatognathic diseasesmedicine.anatomical_structureTongueMedicineIn patientBasal cellbusiness

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Tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) accounts for 40% of all squamous cell carcinoma involving the mucosal surface of the oral cavity. TSCC is highly invasive and aggressive and, nowadays, TNM staging system is considered the gold standard in predicting patients’ outcomes. [...]

https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019035018